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Boost to nurse practitioner program supports primary health care

September 19, 2024 - Media release

Fifteen more nurse practitioners (NPs) will be trained at the University of Victoria this fall, helping boost the number of professionals able to offer primary health care to the more than 800,000 British Columbians without a family doctor.      New funding of $532,500 from the BC government will expand the number of seats available in the Master of Science in Nursing – Nurse Practitioner program by a third to 50 places available this September. 

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Experts on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 18, 2024 -

Sept. 30 is an important date, as it is designated as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The University of Victoria has made the pledge of ʔetalnəw̓əl̓ | ÁTOL,NEUEL | Respecting the rights of one another and being in right relationship with all things, and is committed to implementing local, national and international responsibilities that support the rights and sovereignties of Indigenous Peoples.

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World premiere of climate-disaster play at UVic

September 9, 2024 - Media release

People across Canada came together to help one another during recent climate disasters, and now Neworld Theatre is bringing those true-life stories to the stage. Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Survivor Stories is the first full-length documentary theatre production based upon on-the-ground climate disaster reporting and will have its world premiere at the UVic's Phoenix Theatre from Sept. 16-21.

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History lesson: Identifying a climate ‘tipping point’ for ocean deoxygenation

September 4, 2024 - Media release

Massive volcanic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions contributing to an extreme global ocean deoxygenation event over 120 million years ago has modern day implications for understanding a climate warming “tipping point,” according to new research published in Nature this week, led by a scientist at Ocean Networks Canada, a UVic initiative.

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